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"Which one of you dares? You don't want to know where this place is or who our Lan Mansion belongs to!" Lan Hua stepped forward and shouted loudly.
Bai Yuanzeng sneered and said: "Since Mr. Lan refuses to allow a search, he is showing his guilty conscience. Then I can only seal up the whole place and report it to the Fifth Prince, who will ask for an order to accuse Mr. Lan of being a traitor to the country."
crime!"
"Master Bai is really powerful. He charged Lan with a crime without any evidence!" Lan Yi slowly sneered, seemingly not afraid of Bai Yuanzeng's words about sealing the mansion.
Liu Cheng couldn't help but hesitate at this moment. He tugged at Bai Yuan and said in a low voice: "Sir Bai, if you don't have definite evidence, you really can't mess with this Lan Mansion. Not even the emperor can mess with this Lan Mansion."
The only person who wants to give me some face is the Fifth Prince coming forward, I’m afraid..."
Bai Yuanzeng raised his eyes and saw Lan Yi slightly raising his thin chin and squinting at him coldly, as if he was determined to resist him to the end.
"Master!" Suddenly, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance. Lan Ji rolled down from the horse eagerly, rushed in front of Lan Yi, and whispered something. Lan Yi's expression changed drastically, and his fists clenched tightly.
Hold it.
Just when Bai Yuanzeng was hesitating whether to send someone to report Li Huang, Lan suddenly said: "Sir Bai, if you want to search, you can search, but I must be present for everything. I am afraid that someone may not be pregnant."
With good intentions, I took the opportunity to frame you!"
Bai Yuanzeng and Liu Cheng were both stunned by Lan Yi's sudden change, but they could not delve into anything at this time. They waved their hands and quickly let the government officials and soldiers enter Lan Mansion.
"Hey, that's my lady's room, how dare you break into my lady's room and rummage around?" Outside the room, Landie stamped her feet angrily, and the slave mother quickly advised: "Miss, please be patient and say less!
"
Lan Die gritted her teeth with hatred, "It must be this woman Chu Yiqing who is causing trouble behind the scenes again. What kind of place do you think my Lan Mansion is? You can come in whenever you want?"
The officers and soldiers paid no attention to any of Lan Die's cries, they just lowered their heads and looked through it, not letting go of any suspicious places.
In the hall, Mr. Lan and Mrs. Lan sat uneasily, watching the officers and soldiers coming in and out. They couldn't help but hold hands. When they saw Lan come in, they couldn't help but step forward and ask: "My son, what's going on here?"
What happened? First, don't think that father and mother are annoying. Father and mother really care about you. So many officers and soldiers came all of a sudden... First, are they people under your command?
Did you do something illegal that you don’t know about? If that’s really the case, you must tell Master Bai clearly!”
Lan Yi comforted the two elders in a low voice: "Father, mother, it's really okay. These people are just doing routine inspections. I behave properly and am a good subject of Li State. Don't worry, it's okay!"
On the other side, Bai Yuanzeng once again asked the officers and soldiers to conduct a thorough search. The entire government must be searched.
At this time, many people had gathered outside Lan Mansion to watch the excitement, almost blocking the entire street.
"Oh, look, I heard it was a house raid. What do you think the Lan family did?"
"Searching the house? So serious? Then the Lan Mansion is over, our livelihood..."
"What are you talking about? It's just a search. I heard that someone testified against Young Master Lan and said that Young Master Lan is a spy of the Luo Kingdom..."
"Spy? No way. Mr. Lan is a decent and kind man. How can he be a spy?"
…
On the carriage not far away, Chu Yiqing sat quietly, looking at the officers and soldiers guarding both sides of the Lan Mansion through the curtains, frowning slightly. I hope that this hundred yuan increase can find further evidence, otherwise this stall
It’s really hard to clean up!
The Lan Mansion was very large, with more than a hundred rooms in total. Two hundred officers and soldiers searched for an hour, but only found some account books and correspondence from the Lan Mansion's shop in Luo State. Baiyuan Zeng asked people to take all these things back.
.
"Master Bai, what do you think?" Lan Yi sneered in a deep voice, "Is Master Bai satisfied now?"
He took a picture of those account books and correspondence for a hundred yuan and said: "Thank you Mr. Lan for your cooperation. I will take these things back. I believe this is also strong evidence to prove Mr. Lan's innocence. Mr. Lan won't object, right?"
Lan Yi frowned: "These are all the account books of Luo Guo's shops. Lord Bai, what do you want these for?"
"You have to investigate carefully to find out if it's useful. You're bothering Mr. Lan! Also, Mr. Lan, the Fifth Prince said that all the ships of the Lan Mansion cannot leave Li Guo until Mr. Lan's charges are completely cleared!
"
Lan Yi became anxious when he heard this and asked in a cold voice: "Lord Bai, what you are doing is going too far. How many shops are there in the entire Li country? How many people are pointing at my Lan family's merchant ship to transport goods? The fifth prince is doing this."
, is it to arouse public anger?”
Bai Yuanzeng said coldly: "This is the order of the Fifth Prince. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to the capital to find the Fifth Prince or the Emperor. I am only following orders!"
After Bai Yuanzeng finished speaking, he stopped talking to Lan Yi and waved his hand directly, asking someone to take all the account books and correspondence back.
"You guys..." Lan Ji couldn't bear it anymore and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Lan Yi, "Lan Ji, calm down!"
Lan Ji could only sigh in frustration and stood behind Lan Yi.
After Baiyuan Zeng left, Mr. Lan and Mrs. Lan looked at the messy Lan Mansion. They couldn't help but sigh and said repeatedly: "What a disaster, what a disaster!"
"Father, mother, you are also frightened. Go in and rest quickly. I will have someone clean up here!" Lan Yi stepped forward and whispered.
Mr. Lan and his wife could only nod, shook their heads and sighed, and were helped in by the maid.
"Master, why did you suddenly agree to let people search the house? Now let them take the account books and letters, just in case they see the clues..." Lan Hua couldn't help but stepped forward and said.
Lan Yi frowned coldly: "Lan Ji received the news that all the forces in the capital have been destroyed by the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers arrested more than thirty people!"
Lan Hua was stunned and asked in surprise: "How could this happen?"
"This time Li Huang is serious about it!" Lan Yi sat down on the Grand Master's chair and ordered in a cold voice: "Lan Ji, pass on my Wolf Fang Order and tell the brothers in the cities near the capital to take shelter immediately and don't go to the contact point yet.
After the news is over, I will naturally contact them!"
Lanji hurriedly responded.
"Sir, are you afraid that the fifth prince will follow suit?" Lan Hua asked anxiously.
"Li Huang, this person is really not simple. From the moment he arrived at Lan Mansion in a sick condition, I knew that this person was my biggest enemy. Sure enough..." Lan Yi curled his lips coldly, "
However, I will not admit defeat. I want the emperor to know that without me, Lan Mansion, the trade routes between Li State and Luo State will be useless!"
"Sir, what do you mean..." Lan Hua asked puzzledly.
"The merchant ships of Lan Mansion are prohibited from going to sea. Those small merchant ships and Chu Yiqing's ships will become hot commodities. You have people go to the island to tell Scar that from today on, no ships that are not from Lan Mansion will be let go.
, Scar has had enough rest these years!" Lan Yi said coldly.
Lan Hua immediately understood and acted accordingly.
In Chu Mansion, Yingqian entered the room happily and said with a smile: "Miss, good news, I heard that Lord Bai has sent officers and soldiers to guard the merchant ships of Lan Mansion. From now on, no merchant ships of Lan Mansion can go to sea. Those who have been
The merchants who cooperate with Lanfu are now looking for new merchant ships to cooperate with!"
Chu Yiqing put the hairpin on his head and thought for a moment, "I'm afraid this may not be good news!"
Yingqian was stunned and asked: "Why did the lady say that?"
Chu Yiqing said calmly: "Have you forgotten the lesson from last time? The power of Lan Mansion is not only in Li State, but also in Haihai and Luo States, but we will have to face it one day!"
Yingqian made a sound, as if she understood, and immediately said: "Miss, are you worried that Lan Mansion will secretly cause trouble like last time?"
"That's for sure. This Lan Mansion industry was built up by Lan Yi over the years. He won't give up so easily!" Chu Yiqing picked up a comb and combed his hair and whispered.
Yingqian responded, and just as she was about to say something, she saw Yingrun coming to report: "Miss, Master Bai is here!"
Chu Yiqing nodded and arranged his clothes to meet the guests.
In the hall, Bai Yuanzeng looked solemn. When he saw Chu Yiqing coming out, he quickly saluted and said, "Has Miss Chu heard about the Lan Mansion?"
Chu Yiqing signaled Bai Yuanzheng to please sit down, and he also sat down on the main seat and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Bai!"
Bai Yuanzeng waved his hand and said, "Miss, you're welcome! Actually, I'm here this time because I have something important to discuss with Miss Chu!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "Master Bai, just say so!"
"As soon as the Lan Mansion's merchant ships were blocked, many merchants came to the government office. I had no choice but to agree to find another merchant ship for them. Now in the entire Chu Han, except for the Lan Mansion, Miss Chu is the big owner with the most merchant ships. No.
Do you know if Miss Chu can take over these businesses? I know that the girl will consider safety issues, so I decided to send two hundred officers and soldiers to escort Miss Chu and open up a new route between Li State and Luo State!" One hundred yuan
Zengyou whispered: "My proposal is also the intention of the Fifth Prince!"
Chu Yiqing naturally understood that this road would have to be taken sooner or later. In this case, she would accompany Li Huang on this journey.
"Don't worry, Master Bai. My merchant ship has picked up these merchants, but I still need some time to prepare. How about half a month?" Chu Yiqing said with a smile.
Bai Yuanzeng nodded immediately and said: "Okay, okay, the main thing is that Miss Chu is confident that she can accept these merchants, just half a month, I will report it to the prince!"
Chu Yiqing nodded and asked someone to send the hundred yuan away.
After Bai Yuanzeng left, Chu Yiqing thought about it seriously and whispered to Yingqian: "Go to the city government, find Shan Xiong and Liu Fu, and tell me that I have something urgent!"
Yingqian responded quickly.
Soon, Shan Xiong and Liu Fu arrived at the Chu Mansion, and they both respectfully saluted Chu Yiqing: "Meet Miss Chu!"
"Brothers, please don't be polite. Sit down and talk!" Chu Yiqing smiled and asked the two of you to sit down and let Yingqian serve tea.
Shan Xiong and Liu Fu were sitting on both sides. Shan Xiong asked first: "Girl, I said there is something urgent. What is it?"
Chu Yiqing didn't answer at first, but just asked: "Brother Shan, how is the situation where you are? Is everything going well?"
Shan Xiong nodded and said: "Our brothers are guarding the official roads from Fucheng to Chu Han. We strictly check the carriages entering and leaving. Coupled with the support of Master Bai, our brothers now have complete control of the main roads in Chu Han.
, No problem! In addition to going to work every day, the brothers practice martial arts with Brother Liu, and now they are pretty impressive!"
After hearing this, Chu Yiqing nodded and said: "That's good, Brother Shan, although you have many brothers, most of them are from ordinary people and lack some combat effectiveness. They still need to train more in the future. It just so happens that this time there are
Given this opportunity, I want Brother Shan to select the fifty people with the highest martial arts skills and the most loyalty, and go to sea with the officers and soldiers, which can be considered as experience!"
When Shan Xiong heard this, he nodded quickly and said, "No problem, I'll go back and pick someone right now!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "Don't be so anxious. There are reward conditions for going this time. If the goods can be safe along the way, as long as the person goes, there will be a reward of five taels of silver per person!"
When Shan Xiong heard this, his eyes immediately lit up and he said: "Thank you, Miss Chu. As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward. Don't worry, Miss Chu, we brothers will do our best!"
Chu Yiqing nodded and asked Liu Fu again: "Brother Liu, this time I want to ask Brother Liu and the brothers to help lead these people to sea. What do you think?"
Liu Fu nodded and said: "Girl, you are welcome. Now we brothers are all girls. If you have anything to do, just ask the girl. However, we brothers are used to the land when we go to sea. We have never been to the sea, so we are afraid that we will not be accustomed to the acclimatization...
"
"I also have such worries, so I informed all brothers in advance that starting from tomorrow, several brothers will be on standby at the dock. I will have people train and adapt to the ship on the ship. However, our time is very tight, only half a month
Time!" Chu Yiqing's in-depth draft.
"Miss Chu, we will do our best!" Liu Fu and Shan Xiong stood up quickly and said.
Chu Yiqing nodded and asked Yingqian to send someone to send Shan Xiong back to pick someone up and come back early tomorrow morning. As for Liu Fu's other brothers, he sent someone to inform each other and let them gather and stand by tomorrow morning.
At this time, in the meeting hall of the palace, the ministers also raised objections to the fact that the Lan Mansion was suspected of being a spy of the Luo Kingdom. Especially because this proposal was made by Li Huang, Prince Li Yu took the opportunity to join forces with several ministers to form a proposal.
He joined the Baolan faction and took this opportunity to lash out at Li Huang.
"Father, this is a joint petition from merchants from all over the country. They are all merchants who have business dealings with the Luo State. Now the merchant ships of the Lan Mansion have been blocked by the fifth brother on unfounded charges, which has brought them great losses!
Father, since the confrontation between the five major families and the imperial court, our country's economy has suffered a great deal. We experienced an oil shortage in the past few months. Now the oil shortage has just eased. Now there is a joint letter from merchants. Father
Your Majesty, I am afraid that if this matter is not handled well, it will jeopardize the relationship between us and the Luo Kingdom!" Li Yu stepped forward and said loudly.
Li Li frowned irritably. It was really a wave of ups and downs. The oil shortage had just come to light, and now it was revealed that Lan Mansion was a spy of Luo State, which affected maritime transportation. In recent years, Li Guo has really had a lot of troubles.
Disaster!
"Huang'er, how sure are you about this matter? Is Lan Yi really a spy of the Luo State?" Li Xin asked with an unhappy frown, "The trade between our country and the Luo State is a big deal. If this happens again,
Things have caused Luo Guo to be dissatisfied with our country, so can you bear this responsibility?"
Li Yu also took the opportunity to say: "Father, I think the fifth brother wants to make meritorious deeds too much, and is a bit too hasty!"
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers also started talking secretly.
Li Huang stood up and slowly looked at the ministers. The ministers quickly lowered their eyes, lowered their eyebrows, and tightened their mouths.
Li Huang turned around to face Li Li and said loudly: "Father, Lan Yi's identity, I'm afraid it will implicate too many people if I tell my son!"
Li Li quickly asked: "Just tell me, what is Lan Yi's identity?"
Li Huang pondered for a moment. Lan Yi's identity was really implicated. He didn't know how much of a sensation it would cause if he said it like this.
"Father, I think fifth brother is just trying to make excuses for his behavior!" Li Yu sneered.
Li Huang raised his eyes lightly, glanced at Li Yu and said with a smile: "Brother Emperor, you have been trying to anger me like this since you were a child. How have you ever succeeded?"
"You!" Li Yu's face turned red with anger.
"Father, I want to tell my father personally about this matter. It is indeed too involved!" Li Huang requested again.
The ministers in the court who originally wanted to say good things to the Lan Mansion couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Li Huang's cautious expression and wording. They were afraid that Lan Yi's identity was really too shocking, so they had reservations.
Seeing that no one came forward to speak, Li Yu couldn't help but wink at the blue-guarding faction, but those people all lowered their heads and acted as if they hadn't seen him.
Li Li pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay, after you retire from the court, you come to the imperial study!"
Li Huang quickly thanked him.
In the imperial study room, after listening to Li Huang's report, Li Li suddenly opened his eyes: "You said Lan Yi was the impersonator of Prince Qu Yi of the Luo Kingdom? How is this possible?"
Li Huang whispered: "I didn't fully expect it, but judging from the evidence currently available, Lan Yi is indeed Qu Yi, and in recent years, since the Lan Mansion has controlled the sea rights between Li State and Luo State,
, The economic exchanges between Li State and Luo State have become more frequent, and the national treasury has been filled a lot. However, it is undeniable that our country's advanced technologies, such as white porcelain baking technology and tea frying technology, have also been leaked, resulting in
The prices of tea and ceramics in our country have fallen. At the same time, Luo's jewelry and silks are becoming more and more popular in our country. Today, our country only exports three million silver worth of goods to Luo's country every year, while Luo's imports to our country are
There are five million, which is almost twice the amount. Among them, the difference of two million is all earned by Luo State from our Li State!"
Li Li was stunned. He only knew that in the past few years, due to frequent trade with the Luo Kingdom, the capital and other places had become much more prosperous. There were more and more goods from the Luo Kingdom in the world, but he had never considered how much goods would be shipped to the Luo Kingdom every year.
, and how much goods were transported from Luo State to Li State.
"Father, I didn't notice this problem either. Someone reminded me, so I sent someone to check the accounts of the past few years. I didn't expect the difference to be so big!" Li Huang added, "That person also said,
If what we transport to Luo Country is called export, then what Luo Country transports to our country is called import. If the export exceeds the import, it is a surplus. If our country has more exports than import, it is called a deficit. As I said just now, this
Two million dollars of silver is a deficit, which means that the Luo Kingdom gets a bargain from our country! Father, once this kind of deficit occurs, it means that our country is already at a disadvantage in terms of competitiveness with the Luo Kingdom, and is in a disadvantageous position.
It shows that our country's business no longer relies partly on the Luo Kingdom. If this continues, if it is not rectified, once the Luo Kingdom comes here to threaten our country and suddenly cut off this lifeline, the disaster our country will face will be worse than the troubled times of the five major families.
It’s much more terrifying! I’m afraid that by then, our country will be annexed by the Luo Kingdom!”
Li Li listened quietly. Although Li Huang's statement contained terms that he had never heard of before, he could completely understand and understand. In this way, in recent years, it seems that due to the trade with Luo State,
Li State has prospered a lot, but it is Luo State that actually benefits from the formation!
"Huang'er, who said these words?" Li Li suddenly asked.
Li Huang hesitated and said, "It's Chu Yiqing!"
"Her?" Li Li was stunned. How could a woman from a martial arts family know so much?
"Then it was she who reminded you about Lan Yi?" Li Li asked again.
"A few years ago, I have been paying close attention to everything in the Lan Mansion, but this time I got strong witness that it was indeed Chu Yiqing who helped!" Li Huang said, "Father, Chu Yiqing is indeed a talent!"
Li Li sneered: "Talent? It's a pity that she is a woman after all. No matter how talented she is, her innocence is ruined. It is already a fluke that she can survive in the world!"
Li Huang's eyes darkened, and just as he was about to say something, Li Li waved his hand impatiently and said, "I won't talk about Chu Yiqing's matter anymore. Do you have a good solution to Lan Yi's matter?"
Li Huang whispered: "What I am doing now is to solve this problem!"
Li Li nodded and said: "If Lan Yi is really the crown prince of the Luo Kingdom, Huang'er, you have made great contributions this time. In the past few years, you have shared a lot of worries for my father. Now my father also has enough reasons to persuade
Those old ministers changed the title of crown prince, but my father only has one condition, and that is that you marry Princess Ruimin!"
"Father!" Li Huang said in a deep voice, "I said that I will not marry her!"
"Do you want to disobey my order? I have issued an order two months ago, asking you to marry Ruimin after you recover from the illness. Now that you look good and are almost recovered, I will have someone draft a marriage proposal.
The imperial edict, Huang'er, just wait to receive the edict!" Li Li said with a dark look in his eyes.
"Father, my son will not accept the order!" Li Huang immediately knelt down, "Father, please think twice!"
"Li Huang, this is not your decision!" Li Li said in a deep voice, "For the sake of this country and for the sake of all the people in the country, you must do this. Do you think this dragon chair is so easy to sit on? If you don't even have one
If women can't give up, how can you give up more and be a wise leader?"
Seeing that Li Li was angry again, Eunuch Su quickly advised him: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Isn't the prince busy with matters in the Lan Mansion now? It is indeed a bit hasty to grant the marriage in this way. It is better to wait until the matter in the Lan Mansion is resolved."
, let’s stabilize the country, how about granting marriage again?”
"When will it be your turn to speak?" Li Li stared at Mr. Su displeased.
Eunuch Su quickly lowered his eyes and stepped aside.
Li Huang slowly raised his head: "Father, my son is currently busy with political affairs and really has no intention of getting married. According to Eunuch Su, how about we wait until the affairs of the Lan Mansion are over? What's more, my father gave me to my son in the first place.
I have three months to recuperate, but Erchen’s illness has not fully recovered, how can I get married to Ruimin at this time?”
Li Li whispered: "Whether it's two months or three months, Huang'er, my father's thoughts will not change. In short, you can take care of yourself!"
Li Huang lowered his head, his eyes dark.
It was already late at night in Prince Huang's Mansion, and Li Huang was still sitting in the study. Although there were account books collected from Lan Mansion in front of him, he had no intention of reading them.
"Sir, Mr. Lei is back!" the butler reported outside.
Li Huang quickly said, "Let him in!"
Lei Lei opened the door and entered, looking haggard and unhappy, sitting in front of Li Huang and whispered: "Master, do you have any other instructions?"
Li Huang looked at his appearance and asked in a low voice: "Is there any progress?"
Lei Lei slowly raised his eyes and stared at Li Huang fiercely: "Sir, you can tell by looking at my subordinate's appearance that I have suffered all the abuse from Princess Ruimin in the palace, and I have tried my best!
"
Li Huang looked at Lei Min's appearance again and said softly: "Very good, today the emperor's grandma mentioned to me that because of your care and nourishment, Princess Ruimin's appetite has improved a lot in the past few days, and her face has also looked much better.
, Grandma Huang also proposes that you nurse the princess twelve hours a day starting from tomorrow until the princess recovers. I have already agreed!"
Lei Lei suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Li Huang in disbelief, "Master, you said... what did you say?"
"From tomorrow onwards, you will enter the palace to serve the princess for twelve hours. You do not have to come back unless I call you!" Li Huang emphasized again lightly.
"Master, you don't really want your subordinates to sell their bodies and souls, do you? Master, I have been with you for so many years, you can't treat your subordinates like this!" Lei Lei shouted, holding on to Li Huang's sleeves tightly.
put.
"I am also doing this for your own good. You are not young anymore. It is time to start a family and start a business. In the future, you will be grateful to me!" Li Huang said earnestly, patted Lei Lei on the shoulder, and stood up to go out.
Lei Lei stood on the spot with a mournful face. When he thought about having to endure that woman's torture from tomorrow on, day or night, Lei Lei wanted to bang his head against the wall...
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Thank you Qiu Xin and Feifei for your support. It’s been a bit deserted these days. Don’t you guys think it looks good? This is the final stage of Chu Yiqing’s progress, woo woo